Emergency flights authorized after Morocco flight ban
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-morocco-flights-canceled/index.html
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Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Emergency flights authorized after Morocco flight ban
My decision to cancel going to Morocco is a wise one. To get to Morocco, I have to fly to Doha, then wait for a few hours to board another plane to Morocco. Spending so many hours in the plane, tired and with jet lag, the body defence system is weakened and a good chance to ask for trouble.
After a land tour in Morocco, the journey will continue on a cruise along British Isle.
This is one reason, but not the major one. The idea of going on a vacation is to relax and enjoy, not to worry about who is standing next to me, whether to hold on to the rail when coming down stairs or on a escalator, run away from a crowd when someone starts to cough, wonder the hygiene standard of the staff handling the food, etc. I shall go bonkers.
The psychological torture is still not the determining factor. So what is?
What if the restaurants or tourist places are closed? Most importantly, if the city is locked down, I shall be stuck in a foreign country not knowing what to expect next. How do I go to the next destination? Worse still, I may not be allowed to enter to another country. If I miss the next destination, it literally means I shall miss the boat.
There are two other considerations. Will I be allowed to leave from the last place I visited back to Australia during a lockdown? Will Australia allow me to get back in? Well, the 14 days of self-isolation is the least of my concern, because I shall stock up before I leave home, just in case.
Am I a pessimistic worrier? No, I am not. When I made up my mind, Italy was not in complete lockdown, the Grand Prix was not cancelled, Morocco was not in any way in a panic state, many European countries had not closed their borders, and Victoria had not been declared in a State of Emergency.
I communicated via Messenger with one of latest members in the group, a medical doctor from Morocco, she said the number of infection was increasing. As the article pointed out, the number had risen to 18, and no more international flights from to to the airports. She was afraid, and worried about the spread of the disease had become pandemic.
Please be very careful, and avoid crowd. Try not to talk with anyone face-to-face directly. If possible, do not line up in a queue, that includes queuing at a check out.
Thank you for reading.
